1
American
[ah-meen ]
/ ɑˈmin /
noun
Idi Idi Amin Dada, 1925?–2003, Ugandan dictator: president 1971–79; in exile from 1979.
variant of amino- before a vowel.
Amin
1
British
/ ɑː-, æˈmiːn /
noun
a former official name for (Lake) Edward
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Amin
2
British
/ æˈmiːn, ɑː- /
noun
Idi (ˈiːdiː). 1925–2003, Ugandan soldier; dictator and head of state (1971–79). Notorious for his brutality, he was overthrown and exiled
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IDI AMIN, 80, utterly ruthless former dictator of Uganda; in Saudi Arabia, where he lived a life of luxury in exile with one of several wives and 22 of his children.
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